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Profile

Profile is where you can express who you are and what's going on in your life. You can choose what you want to share on your Profile, such as interests, photos and videos, and personal information like current city and hometown.

News Feed

Introduced: September 2006

News Feed is a regularly updating list of stories from friends, Pages, and other connections, like groups and events. People can like or comment on what they see. Each person’s News Feed is personalized based on their interests and the sharing activity of their friends.

Messenger

Introduced: August 2011

Messenger is a mobile messaging app that lets you reach people instantly on their phones. With Messenger you can send private messages and stickers, chat with groups, and make free calls, even to people in other countries. You can also see who's available on Messenger and who's active on Facebook. Messenger is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

Groups

Introduced: September 2004

More than 1 billion people around the world use Facebook Groups every month. Groups give people a private space to share with small groups of people, like family, teammates or best friends. Privacy settings can be customized for each group. Within a group, people can post updates, share photos and files and organize events.

Events

With Facebook Events, people can organize gatherings, manage invitations and send notifications and reminders to their friends. People can use events to invite their friends to anything from a dinner party to a community fundraiser. More than 550 million people use Events every month.

Video

Whether capturing breaking news, a baby’s first steps or rising to a friend’s challenge for charity, video is one of the most engaging and immersive ways to tell your story. More people than ever are sharing, discovering and engaging with videos that they care about in News Feed. People watch more than 100 million hours of video every day on Facebook.

Photos

Introduced: October 2005

With more than 350 million photos uploaded each day, Facebook is the most popular place to share photos. People can upload an unlimited number of high-resolution photos, create albums and choose their audience. It’s easy to add details like a caption and location. Tagging lets people identify friends in a photo and automatically share that content with them.

Search

Introduced: March 2013

Search across the information that's been shared with you on Facebook. Find any posts and photos that your friends have shared with you. Re-live your most important memories and explore the world through the eyes of your friends. Find and connect with people, whether they’re old friends or new.

Pages

Introduced: November 2007

Pages are public profiles that let artists, public figures, businesses, brands, organizations, and non-profits create a presence on Facebook and connect with the Facebook community. When someone likes a Page, they can start seeing updates from that Page in News Feed. When someone likes or comments on a Page post, that activity may be shared with their friends, increasing the Page’s exposure and reach.

Instagram

Launched: October 2010

Instagram makes it easy for you to capture what’s happening in your world and share those moments instantly with friends and family, whether it’s a video of your baby’s first steps, a memorable sunset or a photo of your friend crossing the finish line. Instagram inspires us to explore and see the world differently—to go on adventures, to take detours, to take in everything around you and to share what you see with the world. Take a photo or video, choose a filter and share.

Free Basics by Facebook

Introduced July 31, 2014

Free Basics by Facebook provides free basic services in markets where internet access may be less affordable. It allows people to browse selected health, employment and local information websites without data charges. The app is currently available in parts of Africa, Latin America and Asia, and will continue to expand to more countries around the world.

Facebook Lite

Introduced June 4, 2015

Facebook Lite is a version of Facebook for Android that uses less data and works well across all network conditions. More than a billion people around the world access Facebook from a range of mobile devices on varying networks. In many areas, networks can be slow and not able to support all the functionality found in Facebook for Android. Facebook Lite was built for these situations, giving people a reliable Facebook experience when bandwidth is at a minimum. Facebook Lite is less than 1MB so it is fast to install and quick to load. It includes Facebook’s core experiences like News Feed, status updates, photos, notifications and more.

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